Charles Grant Long was born at South Weymouth, Massachusetts
on December 14, 1869.

He was graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Class
of 1889, and as a naval cadet he served at sea aboard the U.S.S.
BALTIMORE, U.S.S. LANCASTER, and U.S.S. MAINE.
After successfully completing two years of sea duty he was commissioned
Second Lieutenant of Marines on July 1, 1891.

Lieutenant Long was assigned to Company F (Artillery), First
Marine Battalion (Reinforced) at Marine Barracks, Brooklyn Navy Yard,
New York, on April 18, 1898. He was recommended by Colonel
Robert W. Huntington, Commanding the battalion, to receive a brevet
to Captain for distinguished conduct and public service in the presence
of the enemy on June 11, 12, and 13, 1898 at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during
the Spanish-American War.

During the Boxer Rebellion at Tientsin, China, in August of
1900, he commanded a battalion of Marines and was commended in Navy Department
Orders. He was promoted to Major in 1905, and to Lieutenant Colonel in
1911.

In 1912, he commanded Marine forces in the occupation of the
city of Leon in the expedition to Nicaragua. He commanded a regiment during
the occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914. In 1915 he was detailed as
chief of staff of the brigade on duty in Haiti. He was promoted to Colonel
on August 26, 1916. On September 4, 1917 he was designated assistant to
the Commandant Major General George Barnett.

On July 1, 1918 he received a temporary appointment to Brigadier
General and was confirmed permanently in that rank on November 19, 1918. After World War I he commanded the Second Marine Brigade on
duty in Santo Domingo winning the commendation of the military governor
“for the loyal and efficient service of the brigade.”

His request for retirement because of ill health was granted
on December 31, 1921. He died on Friday, March 5, 1943 at his home in Dartmouth,
Massachusetts and was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday,
10 March 1943.

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